Courchevel Level 3 ISIA Course

This course is a technical training course aimed at technical exams in the BASI system as well as high-level personal performance. For many, it will be the perfect preparation for the end of season exams. The training also encompasses tactics and guidance from the coaches who have examined these very tests for many years.  There will also be a teaching training element included for 2021.

The course will have a significant race training element  – something that both Dave and Blake believe is essential to making the most effective progress. 2/3 of this course will be gate based. 1/3 will be converting the good habits you gain into effective all-mountain skiing. The course will involve drill training using poles, short gates and markers and although the aim is technical proficiency over speed, the two goals go hand in hand. The training is well equipped with everything from training gates to timing equipment.

Whereas free skiing around and chatting may make you seem like you are getting better, Dave and Blake are both experts at setting up training environments that will set the right activities and the right drills to make you get better. Less chat, more action!

In any week there are 12.5 hrs of training divided into (5x 2.5hr) sessions or (4 x 3hrs + 0.5]. We will plan it according to the aims for that week. The sessions are set up to be short, sharp and effective and will demand that you work on the clear focus’ that you are given.

The course is based around two cycles: The first lasts seven weeks and will be largely based on our private race piste. This will be a lot of technical work with the aim of giving you the firm foundations and movements that you need to be an expert skier. It will give you the base of how to stand and move more effectively on your skis. Snowy days and inclement weather days will be used to train in variable snow, off-piste and bumps.

The second cycle aims to take the work of cycle 1 and modify it to a range of mountain conditions and terrain. The second cycle essentially teaches you how to adapt and put your skills to best use in a range of ever-changing environments.

This course is not set out to squeeze around the timetable of a ski school but entirely for the benefit of the candidates and it allows time before and after the course, as well as during the half-term break, for candidates to work as ski instructors and gain experience and money. We have extensive contacts to help organise this work if required.